2:40 AM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Linda Duncan

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Linda Duncan
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Why do I have these nagging thoughts that raising the dropout age to 18 generates more questions than answers?

Have states that have raised the dropout age to 18 experienced higher graduation rates, with all of their graduates being college and career-ready? No evidence of this has been presented.

Will Kentucky's dropout rate be reduced by raising the dropout age? Most certainly it will - dramatically - since under this law only 18-year-olds who officially withdraw from school can be counted as dropouts. ...